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Antonin Slenc
Antonin Slenc
Antonín Šlenc on his 105th birthday in 2024.
Birth: 28 September 1919
Kostelec nad Labem, Central Bohemian Region, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)
Age: 106 years, 134 days
Country: Czech RepublicCZE
Centenarian

Antonin Slenc [Czech: Antonín Šlenc] (born 28 September 1919) is a Czech centenarian who is currently the oldest known living man in the Czech Republic.

Biography[]

Antonín Šlenc was born in Kostelec nad Labem, Central Bohemian Region, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic), on 28 September 1919. He had one brother and four sisters. He trained as a tailor, as evidenced by his apprenticeship certificate from 1937, but later switched to working on the railways. Even in retirement, he continued to work for many years.

In October 2024, following the death of 106-year-old an anonymous man of Prague Region, he became the oldest known living man in the Czech Republic.

In April 2025, following the death of 105-year-old an anonymous man of Moravian-Silesian Region, he became the last known surviving man in the Czech Republic born in the 1910s decade.

Antonín Šlenc currently lives in Kostelec nad Labem, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic, at the age of 106 years, 134 days.

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Czech Republic's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (VE)

Adam Raj • Unknown • Ludvik PetrujAlois VocasekJulius KubelkaVojtech DvorskyStanislav VeceraJosef FlanderaGabriel MiksaKarel KasparekJan NitkaStanislav SpacilMartin KahunCenek PetrikJiri Vysoudil • Anonymous • Anonymous • Jan GomolaEduard MarekKarel Lavacek • Anonymous • Antonin Slenc